{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-accident-reporting-and-investigation-regulations-2026/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2026/430",
  "legislation_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Accident Reporting and Investigation) Regulations 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-accident-reporting-and-investigation-regulations-2026",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "MERCHANT SHIPPING\nMade 16th April 2026\nLaid before Parliament 22nd April 2026\nComing into force 15th May 2026\nThe Secretary of State makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 267 and 306A of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995 and by section 112(1)(a) and (c), (3) and (5) of the Railways and Transport Safety Act 2003.\nIn accordance with section 112(7)(c) of the Railways and Transport Safety Act 2003, the Secretary of State has consulted such organisations in the United Kingdom as appear to the Secretary of State to be representative of persons who will be affected by the amendments made by these Regulations under that Act.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1995 c. 21 (“the Act”); section 306A was inserted by the Deregulation Act 2015 (c. 20), section 106. Sections 267 and 306A of the Act are applied by S.I. 2023/35, amended by S.I. 2025/1195 and 2026/306 and 348, in relation to watercraft (as defined in S.I. 2023/35). Sections 267 and 306A are applied in relation to hovercraft (as defined in section 4 of the Hovercraft Act 1968 (c. 59)) by S.I. 1989/1350, amended by S.I. 2025/1094; there are other amendments but none is relevant."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "2003 c. 20."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2026/430/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:02:30.543392+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}